Yemen license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Yemen.

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How to read the plate

Region code

Digits at the start of the number.

Series and number

Letters and digits — the registration itself.

County

The first characters are the code of the county where the car is registered: The county where the car is registered is shown separately on the plate:

A Yemeni plate is blue with a thick black border. Across the top are اليمن (Yemen) and the vehicle type, خصوصي (private). Below, a small box on the left holds the governorate code from 1 to 22, and the number of up to five digits is on the right; both are written twice, Eastern Arabic digits above Western ones. For example, 1 is Sanaa city, 2 Sanaa Governorate, 3 Aden.

Region map

Click a region to see its codes.

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Region codes

22 regions

Region	Code
Sanaa City (Amanat al-Asimah)	1
Sanaa Governorate	2
Aden Governorate	3
Taiz Governorate	4
Hadhramaut Governorate	5
Al Hudaydah Governorate	6
Ibb Governorate	7
Hajjah Governorate	8
Dhamar Governorate	9
Saada Governorate	10
Abyan Governorate	11
Lahij Governorate	12
Al Bayda Governorate	13
Al Mahwit Governorate	14
Shabwah Governorate	15
Marib Governorate	16
Al Mahrah Governorate	17
Al Jawf Governorate	18
Amran Governorate	19
Dhale Governorate	20
Raymah Governorate	21
Socotra Governorate	22

History

Governorate codes have been used on plates since 1993; the current design version dates from 2018. During the war, separate plates appeared in the south and east: in Aden with a lighthouse and the word عدن, in Hadhramaut with حضرموت and the letter H, in Al Mahrah with المهرة and the letter M; these show the region as a word.